Original God's Dark Priest

"Just now at the venue, someone suddenly came up to me and said he wanted to buy the card backs in my hand for a high price. I asked him how much he wanted to bid, and the number he reported stunned me on the spot!" explained the suspicious man named Adrian.

After hearing this, Charlotte couldn't help but become curious: "Oh? What kind of card back is it?"

"It's just... I just saw a deck of cards with a picture of a treasure chest on it at a grocery store, and I bought it for a very cheap price." Adrian actually didn't understand what happened, "but the guy paid three times the price for it, and even gave me cash on the spot!

I couldn't believe it, so I wanted to run to a place with fewer people to check, but I didn't expect to run into a group of treasure hunters..."

This is indeed very strange and suspicious. Who would pay three times the price for a product that is already available in the store? Isn't this just a big mistake?

So Charlotte asked further: "Did you ask him why he wanted to collect this set of card backs?"

"Not really... The Seven Summonings are very popular recently, and everyone likes to spend some time to make their cards look good. I don't think there's anything strange about it." Adrian spread his hands. He really didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

After thinking for a while, he recalled some details: "However, after I handed the cards back to that person, he was relieved and said that he had collected all the cards in Mondstadt and would go to Liyue next."

"Is it true? Can you trust such casual words?" Charlotte still felt there was something wrong.

Adrian immediately patted his chest and assured, "Really, really! I really heard it! When I handed the card back to him, he felt relieved, and it was so sincere! Is this card back... so valuable?"

He also wanted to collect them and see if they went up in price, maybe he could sell them for a good price.

"I don't know if it's worth it, but for your own safety, it's better to report the situation to the Knights." Charlotte reminded, "It's not a shameful deal anyway, right?"

Adrian nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, that makes sense. I'll go tell the Knights right away!"

After saying that, he immediately ran to Mond City, ready to report there as soon as possible.

Little Paimon watched him leave, still with all kinds of doubts in his mind: "From his description, it seems that he is just a person who collects rare card backs. Is he really the person you are looking for, Charlotte?"

"There's still something wrong. Is there really someone willing to travel between countries and pay such a high price to collect a set of card backs from grocery stores?" Charlotte said her thoughts, "My intuition tells me that there must be some secrets hidden behind this set of cards that we don't know about.

Hey, I smell it, this is the smell of 'scoop'!"

Seeing the young reporter so excited, Ying nodded in agreement and made a reasonable guess: "Could it be a masterpiece?"

"Oh! Is he a famous artist like Albedo? Only people who know the value of this set of cards know the value of the back." Little Paimon is very clear about the influence of the author on the value of the work.

The trio regained their enthusiasm, and Charlotte nodded seriously: "Anyway, it should be right to continue following this clue."

Then, she began to think: "Although I didn't see the man's face clearly, his figure and behavior are very similar to the 'Card Thief' I saw last time, so it should be the same person.

I didn’t choose to attack directly, probably because there were too many people at the finals venue, so I chose a more safe method. "

After hearing what Charlotte said, little Paimon immediately understood the next plan. She looked at Ying and said, "So, our next stop is Liyue, right? That's great. I can see many old friends again.

But before that, let's go say hello to Kaia. I want to know who won the final. And Saphir, you can't leave her here. She will definitely get angry if you leave without saying anything."

"Let's go. I'll come with you." Charlotte naturally had no reason to refuse, so the three of them returned to Mond's Seven Saints Summoning Venue together.

Coincidentally, when they returned to the venue, the host was announcing the result of the competition: "Well, I declare that the winner of the Summoning King Grand Prix in Mond is Timmy!"

As his announcement was completed, the audience cheered loudly.

Even little Paimon, who had just arrived, said in an admiring tone: "Wow! That's amazing, Timmy won!"

Kaia, who saw the three of them, walked down from the stage and said with a very regretful tone: "Oh, we lost, we lost. The opponent is too strong. We really can't be careless at all."

"There will be opportunities in the future." Ying said soothingly.

Kaiya laughed after hearing this: "Haha, you don't have to comfort me.

By the way, this must be the reporter from Fontaine you just mentioned, Miss Charlotte? Welcome, welcome.

I am Kaia, the cavalry captain of the Knights of Favonius. Are you having fun in Mondstadt?"

"You're welcome. I've heard that Mondstadt is a city of freedom and poetry. The atmosphere here is just as rumored, filled with a cozy atmosphere." Charlotte was welcomed by Kaia, so naturally she had to say a few words of compliment.

Kaiya laughed: "As long as you like it. By the way, I saw you guys rushing to the side door just now. Did something happen? I was so concerned about it that I kept thinking about it during the game."

"Oh? Isn't it because of your wrong decision that you used up your best partner one round in advance, resulting in the failure to equip the Wind Eagle Sword in the next round, and one of your characters was killed by a wave of attacks, which led to the loss?" Saphir's voice came from the side.

Little Paimon looked over immediately and saw Saphir, dressed in black, walking slowly towards him.

Kaiya scratched his head. "That's because I was thinking about something else, which made my thoughts unclear. I didn't expect that I wouldn't even have three dice of the same color that round. I should have known not to be greedy for that combat skill."

"Forget it, it's not a big deal. Let's win it back next time." Saphir smiled and looked at Ying and Charlotte.

Ying understood and immediately told them what had happened to them just now.

Kaiya nodded slightly after hearing this: "So that's how it is..."

"The answer to Kaeya's question about the card thief's target is the back of the card, right? Although we don't know why he cares so much about the back of the card." Little Paimon is not stupid. Naturally, he is very familiar with the current situation and has a certain understanding of it.

Although she still couldn't determine the true purpose of the card thief, at least there was some progress.

Kaeya nodded in agreement with Paimon, then showed a regretful expression: "Well, although I want to go to Liyue with you, I still have work to do with the Knights.

Besides, the most urgent task is to strengthen the security around Mondstadt. The treasure-stealing groups have become more and more rampant recently."

"Hey, don't worry, we will tell you any news. If Charlotte's intuition is correct, you might be able to see exclusive news directly in the Steambird News!" Little Paimon said it didn't matter, after all, she was also an experienced adventurer...'s guide.

Saphir had just taken some time to take a walk around Mondstadt and confirmed the current strength of the Knights of Favonius. With Jean's reforms, the Knights of Favonius now had enough people to cope with the current situation, so there was no need to worry.

However, out of humanitarian concern, she took the initiative to speak: "If you really can't bear it, you can come to me at any time to sign a defense agreement. In that way, I can directly station troops in Mondstadt in the name of the Fatui. By then, the people in your hands should... um..."

She suddenly stopped talking halfway and didn't continue.

Kaiya looked at her and smiled: "Have you looked for her?"

Saphir nodded and smiled: "It seems that you really don't need me anymore."

"She's trustworthy, right?" Kaia didn't say who she was, but Saphir knew it well.

After thinking carefully for a moment, she finally nodded: "She will fight for the glory of 'The North Wind'. Besides, she is from Mondstadt."

"After thinking about it for so long, are you not sure?" Kaia asked again.

Safire shook his head: "It's a well-thought-out decision."

Rosalin had already returned to Solstice once, without alarming anyone, but had talked with Piero and the Empress.

Afterwards, the Queen restored her status as the eighth seat and asked her to continue to be responsible for past matters. Of course, due to the special nature of Fontaine, the number of executives involved, including Saphir, had reached five, so Rosalin did not need to worry about it anymore.

As for Nata, Capitano did not like Rosaline's style of action very much and said frankly that he would take action himself, so the remaining two countries would not have any use for Rosaline.

After much thought, she decided to return to Mondstadt, of course, as a "lady" rather than "Kesha".

Rosalia sighed for the departure of her friend, but said nothing. The nuns of the West Wind Church would soon forget the nun who had been here for a while and move on to a new life.

Almost no one in Mond would associate Kesha with Rosaline.

After the ups and downs during this period, Rosaline has changed a lot. She is no longer just loyal to the Queen. She has new goals. The old world or the new world, it doesn't matter to her.

She just wanted to see Rustam again, that's all.

Everything she did from now on was for the decisive answer that Saphir gave when he was in the Wolf Territory: "Yes."

"Okay, I won't say any more. Anyway, look forward to the follow-up reports from the Steambird News." Safire changed the subject and said in a relaxed tone.

Kaiya smiled and nodded: "Okay, then I'll look forward to it."

"Haha, thank you for your support. Let's take a rest tonight and set off for Liyue tomorrow. I also need some time to organize and record what happened today." Charlotte chuckled and proposed the follow-up plan.

After finishing the business talk, little Paimon immediately pointed to a painting on the wall behind him: "I wanted to ask just now, the two inventors of the 'Seven Summonings' drawn on this poster are not? They look so young!"

"Well... However, there are very few rumors about them. I don't know if they don't value their reputation or they just live in seclusion, but almost no one has seen them." Charlotte searched for information about these two people in her mind and shook her head. She really hadn't heard much news about them.

Kaiya observed the posters on the wall for a while and said, "The posters should be drawn by the artist based on his imagination. The important thing is the general features, not the details."

"It seems that they are two very low-key scholars. If it were me, I would have arrived at the venue to sign autographs and sell cards, and eat and drink for free, right?" Little Paimeng said that he really didn't understand the thoughts of these talented people.

Kaiya immediately chuckled and agreed: "Haha, I agree. It's better to play a few games with everyone, then you will have more fun."

Ying rubbed Paimon's head, but did not join the discussion. Instead, she looked at Saphir. Her intuition told her that Saphir probably knew these two people. They even had a good relationship.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain her cards that made her as powerful as a Trisolaran.

Charlotte frowned and thought: "Well, I read a lot of information before coming here, and I want to do a special interview with those two.

But there's no information anywhere about where they live, or that they ever participated in any Summoning of the Seven. It's as if they invented the game and never played it again."

"They probably have some reason why they don't want to play, or can't play." Kaiya didn't know the reason and could only guess.

Charlotte nodded, and then said with some anticipation: "I wonder if they will participate in this Summoning King Grand Prix..."

"That depends on your luck. Based on my experience, Ying and Saphir both have pretty good luck." Kaia said this, and he really thought so in his heart.

Charlotte's eyes lit up and she looked at Ying and Saphir: "Is that so? Then I feel much more relieved!"

Ying patted his chest and said, "Don't worry! We will definitely meet them." As he said that, he glanced at Safir, and the meaning was very obvious, that is, he wanted Safir to take him and his group to find the two inventors.

Saphir's expression froze for a moment. In fact, the reason why Gulab and Javebita were not famous was because of her.

Back when they were in the desert, she had thought about recruiting the two of them to join the Fatui. The Summoning of the Seven Saints was actually just a small matter. The most important thing was Gulab's All-Seeing Eye, which was a killer weapon in terms of intelligence!

However, that day Nashida suddenly came up to her, hugged her thighs and cried, saying that there were few talented people in Xumi and they couldn't take this one away. She also threatened her that if she didn't let him go, she would not be able to continue to be the Grass God.

Saphir was annoyed by her noise, and finally threatened that if she didn't let go, he would turn her into a small branch, tie her up with rubber bands, and use her for slingshots. Only then did Nashida reluctantly let go.

With Pal's persuasion, Saphir finally gave up on recruiting Gulab. However, the relationship between Kavebi and Gulab was very good, so it was impossible to separate them at will.

So the two of them stayed in the House of Ordinances.

Of course, Saphir still explained the matter of the All-Seeing Eye in detail to Nashida and Pal, and repeatedly emphasized that this matter must not be leaked under any circumstances, otherwise Gulab would surely die.

Now it seems that Xumi has protected them both very well. It's a pity that no matter how careful you are, you can't guard against a thief in your own home.

Abatoi had probably stayed with Sandone for too long and was bewitched by him, so he actually let that guy know about the existence of Gulab and the other two, and even contacted them, which led to this Summoning King Grand Prix.

Come to think of it, Abatoi is a mechanical lunatic, so it seems reasonable that he would be seduced by a, uh... female robot like Sandonie?

Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in Safir's eyes, and he began to consider how to teach Abatoi a lesson.